Ohio schools lose $66 million from sequester

State Department of Education finds $19M to help fill gap

6:28 AM,
Jul. 2, 2013

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The effort to balance the federal budget will mean less money to educate Ohio's disadvantaged and disabled students in the fall.

The Ohio Department of Education on Monday announced the federal sequestration will cut $66 million from Ohio's public schools during the 2013-14 school year.

The vast majority of that money comes from Title 1 - for at-risk and low-income students - or from IDEA - the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, for students with disabilities. ...